When the promotion was scrambling to find a headliner for UFC 230,
Shevchenko was briefly scheduled to face Eubanks at the Nov. 3
event at Madison Square Garden. That matchup drew widespread
criticism, as the UFC’s MSG cards usually feature some of the
biggest stars in the sport at the top of the card.

Shevchenko, a former bantamweight title challenger, was expected to
vie for flyweight gold at UFC 228 but lost her chance when ex-champ
Montano had to pull out of the contest due to a bad weight cut.
Montano was stripped of her belt shortly thereafter. After
compiling a 3-2 mark at 135 pounds, “Bullet” earned a dominant
submission win over Priscilla Cachoeira in her flyweight debut at
UFC Fight Night 125 on Feb. 3.

Jedrzejczyk was the promotion’s strawweight champion from March
2015 until November 2017, when she suffered a shocking first-round
technical knockout loss to Rose
Namajunas at UFC 217. The Polish fighter dropped a decision to
Namajunas in a title rematch at UFC 223 before returning to the win
column against Tecia
Torres on July 28. Jedrzejczyk has history with Shevchenko,
losing three times to the woman known as “Bullet” in muay Thai
competition.

UFC 231 takes place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on Dec. 8 and is
headlined by a featherweight title bout between Max
Holloway and Brian
Ortega.